N.E. Cape Fear River - May 25 - 29, 2016

Day 1 – Wednesday May 25, 2016 We have been trying to get time to go to our place at the River for a few days and Memorial Day Weekend usually is a good time. Our son and his family has a long weekend so it also works for them. We couldn't go to the river last year because we were on the way to Alaska at this time.

We departed about 9:30AM, stopped in Wallace for some fuel and arrived about 10:30AM. After setting up we worked around the property for a couple of hours cleaning up the yard, etc. We mowed the yard and along the road about a week ago. No one used the property last year so we had a little more than normal to do to get everything back like we normally have it.

The rest of the day was sitting on the bank of the river, reading and relaxing. About 7PM we rode our golf cart along the roads by the river. A couple of the houses along the river have changed hands in the last year so we wanted to see what had been done to them.

Day 2 – Thursday May 26, 2016 After I cooked breakfast on the grill we took the golf cart and our battery operated hedge trimmer and did some trimming of the bushes on the road coming to the river. I got in and stood in the back of the golf cart and trimmed as far as I could reach overhead while Lena drove.

After lunch we relaxed by the river and read.

Day 3 – Friday May 27, 2016 We went to Burgaw for breakfast and WiFi access. After breakfast we visited a friend that is in a resthome/rehab facility in town. Then we stopped for groceries before returning to the river.

About 4PM I started a campfire and began cooking my “Almost World Famous” potatoes and sausage in the Dutch Oven over the campfire. About 6PM our son's friend and his daughter arrived. They pitched their tent and will stay the night with us. About 7PM our son and his family arrived with their travel trailer for the weekend. We had a good supper and then relaxed by the campfire.

Day 4 – Saturday May 28, 2016 After breakfast our grandsons fished off our boat dock. Levi caught one fish but mostly they got their lures hung in the limbs of the tree that is hanging low over the water. We need to get a boat in the water so we can get the limbs trimmed.

I cooked a mess of hamburgers and hotdogs for lunch and then later in the day I cooked two racks of ribs on the grill.

The weather forecast for the remainder of the holiday weekend did not look good. Tropical Storm Bonnie was coming up the coast of South Carolina and promised to bring lots of rain. So we decided to pack up most everything and if it was raining Sunday morning we would all go home.

Day 5 – Sunday May 29, 2016 It started raining last night about 11:30PM and continued to rain after we got up. We finished packing up and departed for home about 7AM. We had planned to stay until Tuesday but still enjoyed our shorter than planned weekend.